Articles by: Michael Geist

B.C. Court of Appeal Upholds Dismissal of Crookes Cyberlibel Suit

The British Columbia Court of Appeal has upheld a lower court decision that dismissed a libel suit launched by Wayne Crookes against Yahoo!, MySpace, and a group of individuals.  The court rejected the view that a court should presume that something posted online on a restricted access site has been […]

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May 9, 2008 1 comment News

Knopf vs. ESA

Howard Knopf and the Entertainment Software Associated debated copyright last night on the Business News Network.

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May 9, 2008 2 comments News

Study Ranks Canadian Copyright Protection Among Best in the World

Weeks after the World Economic Forum ranked Canadian intellectual property protection fourth among G8 countries, another international study has again ranked Canada as an IP protection leader.  Taylor Wessing, in association with Managing Intellectual Property, has released the Global Intellectual Property Index (study requires free registration).   Canada fares well for […]

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May 8, 2008 3 comments News

Calm Copyright

A promising new forum for Canadian copyright debate.

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May 8, 2008 Comments are Disabled News

Ethics Committee Calls for Reinstatement of CAIRS

The House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics has issued a report "deploring" the cancellation of the CAIRS database and demanding that the government reinstate it.

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May 8, 2008 Comments are Disabled News